HOGGED

hogged, broken-backed

(adjective) (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end

HOG

hog

(verb) take greedily; take more than one’s share

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

hogged

simple past tense and past participle of hog

Adjective

hogged (comparative more hogged, superlative most hogged)

(nautical) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.

Source: Wiktionary


Hogged, a. (Naut.)

Definition: Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.

HOG

Hog, n. Etym: [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.

2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]

3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]

4. (Naut.)

Definition: A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.

5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See under Bush, Ground, etc.

РHog caterpillar (Zo̦l.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx;

– so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth.

РHog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )-- Hog deer (Zo̦l.), the axis deer.

– Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum.

– Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year.

– Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.

– Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.

– Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane.

– Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread.

– Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel.

РMexican hog (Zo̦l.), the peccary.

РWater hog. (Zo̦l.) See Capybara.

Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.]

1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.

Hog, v. i. (Naut.)

Definition: To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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